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hi!
so I recently purchased a crosley cr249 keepsake usb turntable.
it worked great until I accidently bumped it one day sending the arm
to the center of the record and damaging the needle.
so I ordered a new np4 stylus, but have no idea how to replace it.
am I supposed to take the little needle part out of the red plastic
part, or is the whole red plastic part supposed to come out of the arm
and get replaced that way.
I don't really want to mess around with it and end up breaking it
more.
any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.
thanks

[Richard Crowley]

wrote ...
so I recently purchased a crosley cr249 keepsake usb turntable.
it worked great until I accidently bumped it one day sending the arm
to the center of the record and damaging the needle.
so I ordered a new np4 stylus, but have no idea how to replace it.
am I supposed to take the little needle part out of the red plastic
part, or is the whole red plastic part supposed to come out of the arm
and get replaced that way.
I don't really want to mess around with it and end up breaking it
more.
any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.

Is there any identification on the cartridge (make/model)?
Can you tell from the replacement stylus how it goes in?
Is part of the original broken off so that it doesn't look
like the replacement?

[Chris Hornbeck]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 18:47:39 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

hi!
so I recently purchased a crosley cr249 keepsake usb turntable.
it worked great until I accidently bumped it one day sending the arm
to the center of the record and damaging the needle.
so I ordered a new np4 stylus, but have no idea how to replace it.
am I supposed to take the little needle part out of the red plastic
part, or is the whole red plastic part supposed to come out of the arm
and get replaced that way.

Replacement styiiiii for magnetic phono cartridges come mounted
on their cantilever, a teenincy usually metal tube that extends
back into a larger box shaped structure.

This larger box structure in turn has a usually plastic finger
grip attached.

Everything you've got as a replacement is to be used. If you
could post a picture, folks might be able to help more with
the mechanics; the general procedure is to pull forward to
remove, but your conservativism is laudable. Tiny **** and
easy to break.

All good fortune,

Chris Hornbeck